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32 I-CONNECT007 I REAL TIME WITH... IPC APEX EXPO 2021 SHOW & TELL MAGAZINE Emerging Engineers: Raviteja Boyana I am a newly graduated mechanical engineer with a specialization in electronics packaging (assembly) and reliability of electronics from the University of Maryland, College Park, USA. I have been associated with IPC for the past two years through their local student chapter at my university. In my first semes- ter, while I was transitioning myself from the mechanical engineering background to the semiconductor manufacturing industr y, I was looking for opportunities to connect and learn from industry professionals about their journey in the electronics industry and how they benefitted by being part of the IPC orga- nization. Later I learned that the IPC supports stu- dent s through their scholarship program. I had enrolled as a stu- dent member and had applied for the schol- arship program. To be honest, I wasn't expect- ing to hear back but I was surprised when I received an email stat- ing that my profile was selected among the 30 scholarship winners of all the applicants in 2019. Not only did the scholarship help me reduce the financial burden, but it was also a source of encourage- ment that motivated IPC Offers Steady Guidance for Engineering Students Raviteja Boyana